Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company, Linbury Studio Theatre, ROH
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company, Linbury Studio Theatre, ROH
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Tuesday, 13 March, 2012 - 19:30
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company, Classic Cut (premiere), Linb
ury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, 13 to 17 March
Touring until 27 M
arch 2012
Shobana Jeyasingh company’s 25th anniversary marked by a doub
le bill of a 1988 work, Configurations, created with composer Michael Nym
an and now re-imagined and updated, and a new work with a commissioned sco
re by record producer and composer Niraj Chag.
The original Configuratio
ns was widely celebrated for its bravura use of speed and stunning detail.
Nyman's music for Configurations became his acclaimed String Quartet No. 2
and will be played live on stage, and there are new designs by Lucy Carter(lighting) and Ursula Bombshell (costume).
In the new work Jeyasingh t
urns for the first time to the dramatic genre of classical Indian dance, p
laying with ideas of character and story telling. She collaborates with com
poser Niraj Chag, a key modern interpreter of Asian classical and folk sty
les.
booking: http://www.roh.org.uk